Smart Summon in the UK

It won’t be enabled over here until UNECE regulations change. The regs forbid driverless self driving beyond a few metres (6 I think?), hence the Bluetooth range restriction.

There is a new flag in the API that relates to whether the car is under UNECE restrictions - but it’s almost certainly read only.

 

It’s working now !
“Come to me” button available now too

 

Same here in Poland

 

You get a range circle around the car, guess this is the 20m limit. If you pick a destination outside you get a message saying “move the pin closer to your vehicle”

 

Does your phone still have to be within 6m though?

 

So far I’ve only tested it while sitting in it I’ll try further away

 

Welp looks like I was completely wrong lol

 

Is this on 2019.40.50.1?

 

Yeah

 

tested. Yes. Even if phonekey is in range and connected ~20m away, I still get this when further than ~6m away

 

Nice! Have you tried it prior to today? I wonder if they’ve just turned on a switch at the mothership... didn’t work for me yesterday

 

Yeah. Wasn’t working for me on Boxing Day.

Short video ->
Stu on Twitter

 

Tried to get it to work today. Worked in the Colonnades car park in Croydon.
Failed every time though

 

Finally managed to get smart summon to work in Poland. Too bad it won’t even travel 20m... more like 8-10m. Completely useless with the current regulations in place. Hopefully we’ll see some amendments in January.
Also, it’s super slow. 3kmh (2mph) max.

 

I got the smart summon to work today (on my own private land in North London), however pretty useless if I'm needed to stay within 6m of the car. Regulations need to change or it's simply a gimmick to show friends.

Summon is great though for a car park when I can't fit in, can't fault that.

 

Probably a topic for another thread but this does seem like FSD (the package which costs £5800) simply isn't worth it in this country? I don't see how - given the regulations - that price/functionality ratio will improve much?

 

I’ve always been curious about that use case. Would you really want to wedge your car in between two others to the point where you can’t open the doors properly to get out?

You might have Summon but the people you’re parking next to don’t, so they’ll be whacking your door with theirs when they try and leave.

 

Better for tight fitting garage.

 

That's about the only use for it as far as I can see. And given the size of British garages it will be quite an important one!